The poll for the winner of the World Cup of 80s Prime Time Soap Characters is now open. Please post the name of the character you would like to win between Angela Channing and Sue Ellen Ewing. The vote will close at midnight of Sunday.

Nice, I didn't realize that the match between Gary and Angela was that close.

My vote in the final round goes to Sue Ellen.
The reason for it is because the character and the television show she represents has meant a lot more to me in my life than Angela and Falcon Crest has. So for me there's no contest.

I really like both characters however this is an easy choice for me. Sue Ellen was an important part of Dallas and its success but Angela was Falcon Crest and the reason for its success. She was always interesting, always entertaining and always compelling. She could say more in one withering look than many characters could say in a whole scene of dialogue. My winner is Angela Channing.

Owing to the meatier role and character arc, my vote goes to the Angela Gioberti who was destined never to become Mrs Carl Brock. Her choosing to believe the lies of her fiancé’s brother Adam proved fateful, not just for her life's path but also because it came back to haunt her.

I sometimes wonder how her life would have turned out if, instead, she’d not become the missuses Channing, Erikson, Stavros and Agretti in turn.

Would there have been a Falcon Crest estate left to pass on to her children and grandchildren? ​

Would she have ended up high on the grain like her brother and… Sue Ellen for much of that lady's life? Or, was Angela too strong willed for that? She seemed to thrive more when her men were weaker than her. It was strange to me how Angela's identity remained so wrapped up in Douglas Channing, a man whose hatred for her she couldn’t really see.